Apparatus for making corrugated wire glass



June 20, 3933. A. SHUMAN APPARATUS FOR MAKING CORRUGATED WIRE GLASS 19512 2 Sheets-Sheet l iled June 16 June 20, 1933. A. SHUMAN 915255 PPARATUS FOR MAKING CORRUGATED WIRE GLASS Filed June 16, 1952 2 Sheets-Shea?l 2 -/%^20 Maman Patented June 20, 193.3

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE:l

AENo srrUnAN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIeNoB. 'ro PENNSYLVANIA WIRE GLASS comm, or PHILADELPHIA, rENNsYLvANIaAcomoEATIoN or NEW JERSEY I .VPPABATUS FOB MARIN G Application. led 'June 16,

Objects of the present invention'are to make corrugated wire glass sheets from continuously flowed glass; to provide an eliicient machine 'for accomplishing` that re-` sult; and to provide for making corrugatedv wire glass inthe manner indicated and witheither lengthwise or crosswisecorrugations. Generally stated, the apparatusY includes a tank having a weirk or dam over which 'oluble corrugated roller cooperating with the table, and a .chute for dehvermg the con- CTI j Weir.

tinuous sheet of wire glass from the rolls to the table, there being also usually present a press, a cutter and a lehr.

The invention also comprises the improvements to be presently described and finally claimed.

In the following description reference w11l be made to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in .which 4 Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sect1on diagrammatically illustrating features of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse view, partly in section, of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a partial sectional'view illustratin", a modification of the invention.

teferrin to the drawings, 1 is a tank or receptacle' or containing a supply of molten or melted glass'. The tank 1 isprovided with a dam or weir 2 overwhich glass flows. The level of the top of the dam or weir can be adjusted by means of a screw adjustment 3. 4 and 5 are a pair of revoluble rolls which receive glass at their bite from the dam or 6 and 7 are means for introducing wire mesh 8 through the lass at the bite of the rolls v4 and 5, and t rough the rolls which roll it into a continuous sheet of wire glass 9. The element 7 is a bar capable of adjustment in order to properly center the wire mesh in the sheet of glass. There is a corrugated sectional table ll0 consistingof a COEEUGAT'ED WIRE GLASS l193e. serial No. 17,538.

and 5, and 14 indicates ameans for drivingV the corrugated roller 11. The endless belt constituting the corrugated sectional table is driven by the notched wheels 15. The surface speed of the-rolls 4 and 5 and of the table 1Q and roller 11 is appropriate for accomplishing the work described and required of them. The sections of the table are pivotally connected and the table as a whole .is shown as slidable on the rails 16, Fig. 2, in respect to which it is guided by wheels 17.

18 diagrammatically indicates a corrugat- Y ed press which is awell known provisionfor finishing sheetsof glass, wire or plain, after theiy` have been corrugated by means ofy a rol 19 is a cutter for cutting oli' -Sheets of corrugated wire glass 20, and it has an up and downmovement. lBoth the press and the cutter are reciprocated horizontally so as v to operate ufpon the moving sheet with which they travel or a short distance and then clearv the sheet for a repetition of their intended functions.- 21 is a lehr which receives the severedsheets andfin whichV they are annealed. j c The construction and mode of operation of the modification Shown in Fig. 3 are as above described except that the roller`11 and the sectional table 10are corrugated crosswise instead of lengthwise.

t will be obvious to-those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modications maybe made in details of construc-` tion and arrangement and matters of mere form without departing from the Spirit of the invention which is not limited to such Jmatters or 'otherwise than the prior art andYV require.

weir, meansl for introducing wire mesh l through the glass at the bite of the rolls and through the rolls which roll it into a. contin- -uous sheet of wire glass, a corrugated sec- I tional table consisting of a traveling endless 5v belt, a revoluble corrugated roller cooperating with the table, and a chute for delivering the continuous sheet of wire glass from thel rolls to the table. m ARNOl SHUMAN. 

